Memory

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     I find that there are many people who battle with their memory.  We have a tendency to forget things.  There are those who are having a struggle with short term memory such as finding where they put their car keys, or even worse, where they put their car.  Some may have trouble with long term memory as many things seem to just fade away.  We all know that God is not One that forgets.  He doesn't have a problem with memory.  There is not a thought or an action that he forgets.  They are all there.  However, consider the following verse of Scripture.  Hebrews 10:17 says, "And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."   There will come that time when a person's sins will not be remembered anymore.  We all know that it will occur the moment that a person becomes a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Their sins will then be under the payment of the blood that was shed on the cross.  As a result, they will have been washed away.  The Scriptures give a number of illustrations to this act.  Psalm 103:12 says, "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."  This is an illustration as to how far our sins are from us.  God used a perfect illustration here in that East and West never meet.  North and South do meet.  At either the North Pole or the South Pole, the direction changes.  What is important about today's verse is that God says that He will not remember our iniquities anymore.  They will be gone.  They have been removed because of the blood of Christ.  So, all of this to say that we can rejoice today in that God is not remembering our sins, that is, if they are under the blood.  Quite often, a person will come to Christ and confess their sins but still be plagued by them in their own memory.  It is then that they need to reflect on what God has done for them.  Rejoice today in what God has done for you.  And, you need to remember that God will not remember your sins anymore.  Praise God today for His forgiveness that He has supplied through His Son.